Re: DEVNEXUS and downtown

What's the relationship between DEVNEXUS and AJUG? Based on
https://devnexus.com/s/organizers it seems like AJUG and DEVNEXUS share the
same volunteers. Is DEVNEXUS a corporation? Is it non-profit? For-profit?
What is the governance of the organization? Does it have a commitment to
carry out the community's wishes?

Maybe these are separate organizations with separate communities?

I know that from an open source perspective, communities that say "like it
or lump it" typically don't last. But hey, there's 1800 people registered
for this year and it is a good conference? Even so much so that it outgrew
even the new space as there are no more tickets available. So it looks like
there was a decision to cap attendance.

I think it's important to recognize the volunteer effort that goes into
both groups and keep that in mind.

Sincerely, BAL

On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 1:57 PM, Summers Pittman <[email protected]>
wrote:

>
>
> On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 1:40 PM, Dale Bronk <dbronk-LuSU/[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I'm in Alpharetta and while I don't like having to drive into town, the
>> World Congress Center is extremely accessible via MARTA which is what I
>> would use to go.  While it is still further away from me than the Galleria
>> it would actually be less stress for me as I would just sit on a train
>> instead of being frustrated with traffic.
>>
>> Devnexus is without a doubt the best Java conference you will go to for
>> such a low price.  Why wouldn't we want to open it up to more people which
>> would then bring in more speakers and more topics?  My only issue is that
>> I'm not going this year.  I'm going to miss a great conference no doubt.
>>
>
> This might be a great opportunity to plug our Youtube Channel :
> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQweMZq2VAZqPisncB3ZgTw
>
> We make every effort to upload videos, podcasts, and/or slides from the
> sessions so if you are unable to come you can still benefit from the
> conference.
>
>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Dale
>>
>>
>>
>> ------ Original Message ------
>> From: "Vincent Mayers" <[email protected]>
>> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
>> Sent: 2/10/2016 12:59:51 PM
>> Subject: Re: [ajug-members] DEVNEXUS and downtown
>>
>>
>> AJUG is free to join, participate in and is volunteer run.
>>
>> The fact that we can scale the conference and keep the price point so low
>> means that more people in the Atlanta dev community can benefit from a
>> national conference with globally recognized speakers and OEMs as sponsors
>> in their back yard. All other conferences like this are not in Atlanta, and
>> by the time you travel, stay and pay for them it will cost over $2000, for
>> one person
>>
>> No matter what we do about location, venue, whatever. It is not going to
>> be convenient for everyone.
>>
>> I understand that you are passionate so please join us, add your voice
>> and volunteer
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers
>> Vincent
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 12:52 PM, Narahari 'n' Savitha <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Quite humbly, that begs the question, was there a poll on asking the
>>> ajug members that we want to grow that big ?
>>>
>>> My point is, there was not an attempt to (or was there and I missed out)
>>> collect a poll from the  ajug members to say should we keep increasing the
>>> size of participation at the devnexus or cap it at say 1000 people or so ?
>>>
>>> I am not saying we should cap it, I not saying we should grow too much
>>> either but the ajug community from which this devnexus derives its standing
>>> was not actively engaged.
>>>
>>> Hopefully a retrospective for next year's devnexus is in the offing to
>>> have a fair and transparent opinion collection and decision making.
>>>
>>> You may say, "we are not forcing you to attend", yes while that is true,
>>> I am a member of the ajug group and I feel I have a sense of responsibility
>>> to raise these points.
>>>
>>> -Narahari
>>>
>>> On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 12:34 PM, Vincent Mayers <[email protected]
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> we outgrew the Galleria sorry.
>>>>
>>>> We have 1800 people attending Devnexus this year, the highest
>>>> attendance it has ever been, so it seems like it's not as big a turn off as
>>>> you would imagine :) and we are paying for parking... sorry its not for you
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>> Vincent
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 12:29 PM, Narahari 'n' Savitha <
>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Friends:
>>>>>
>>>>> I am not sure if this has been hashed multiple times but in our
>>>>> internal conversation at the company and with friends, the location of
>>>>> DEVNEXUS being in downtown is BIG TURN OFF.
>>>>>
>>>>> I feel that one of the great interest on DEVNEXUS was the cobb
>>>>> galleria.
>>>>>
>>>>> What was the factor that made this to be in downtown ?
>>>>>
>>>>> Could we not find CobbGalleria to be sufficient  enough ?
>>>>>
>>>>> Was there polling done to find the interest of local people and remote
>>>>> people ?
>>>>>
>>>>> Was there an email discussing the reasons on all these ?
>>>>>
>>>>> -N
>>>>>
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